Scottish assembly - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Chapter 18 questionsIdentify the main groups and ideas that drove the Progressive movement. - correct answers The Progressive movement was driven by the rapid industrialization and urbanization of the era. The extreme and increasing gap between rich and poor caused many people to demand reform. Journalists and writers helped expose corruption and poverty. In labor, the Triangle fire and firing due to unionization led many workers to demand better conditions and higher wages. Groups like the Wome...

Evaluate the view that the case for further english devolution is overdue. PARA 1 - P1 - metro mayors. There are 9 metro mayors and a 1 additional combined authorities without mayors and one Cornwall 'unitary authority with devolution'. A metro mayor oversees a combined authority, that is many councils come under this mayor such as the West of England and is given more powers. Including Greater London, 41% of England's population (representing 43% of economic output but just 14% of land ...

name 2 UK rights pressure groups - Liberty - Unlock Democracy what is an issue that Liberty have been campaigning about? Snooper's Charter - want to take the gov to court what is the Snooper's Charter and who introduced it? Allows companies access to large amounts of data - Theresa May as Home Sec what do Unlock democracy campaign for? a codified constitution to protect citizens rights what is a grassroots campaign? working in local communities at the ground-level what is an example...

Direct democracy - ANSWER-all individuals express their opinions themselves and not through representatives acting on their behalf Representative democracy - ANSWER-an individual selects a person to act on their behalf Similarities of representative and direct democracy - ANSWER-based on a majority Differences of direct and representative democracy - ANSWER-direct is not elective, direct is for individuals, direct has more citizen involvement Legitimacy - ANSWER-the right to exerci...

Name three piece of legislation from the government which took/will take away rights of people in the UK? - - Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill - Repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 - Section 28 (PCSB - right to protest, right to assembly, right to association, freedom of speech) (HRA repeal - authorities decide who gets rights, lack of rights can be abused, challenging of rights made harder) (Section 28 (1986, repealed in 2003) - made any reference to LGBTQ+ in schools illegal - trickled...

Centennial Proficiency/ Membership IORG Study Questions and Answers 2023 with complete solution Who is the Reverend W. Mark Sexson? The Founder of the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls. When were the Degrees first exemplified? On April 6, 1922, the degrees were exemplified for the first time on a class of one hundred and seventy-one girls in the auditorium of the Scottish Rite Temple, McAlester, Oklahoma. What is the response to all prayers at Rainbow functions? "Lord, help...

U.S. History and Government Regents Review abolition - The movement to end slavery in the United States. Abraham Lincoln - Republican President who's election caused Southern states to secede, starting the Civil War. Lincoln sought to preserved the Union and refused to recognize the creation of the Confederate States of America. During the war, his goal shifted from reuniting the country to deciding the issue of slavery once and for all by abolishing it. This shift looms in the Emancipati...

Evaluate how far the power of the executive has been undermined by constitutional reforms since 1997 PARA 1 - P1 - P1 - devolution Blair, as part of his democratising reforms, enabled referendums to be held on devolving legislative powers to Scotland, Wales and NI. This has undermined the power of the executive by granting other assemblies powers that used to be held at westminster. Westminster now has no say on certain areas of legislation in devolved assemblies. 1997 resulted in an overwh...

Evaluate the extent to which constitutional reform has significantly improved Democracy in the UK. (or Evaluate the extent to which constitutional reform in the UK since 1997 has removed constitutional weakness) para 1 - failed to remove weakness - Demo deficit - House of Lords Act (1998) → all but 92 hereditary peers were removed and replaced by life peers, which are appointed by the government of the day + remain for life/retirement. Unelected and not accountable to the electorate. = un...

ABCTE MSE Exam|228 Questions with Verified Answers While counting pencils, a kindergartener occasionally fumbles with a pencil and her counting gets off. She is demonstrating an inability to do what? - CORRECT ANSWER Rational counting. one-to-one correspondence. One number is being assigned to one item being counted. What is rote counting? - CORRECT ANSWER Recitation of numbers. No physical objects at all. Leaning a straight board against a wall that is perpendicular to the floor will...